Daily Republican., 1887-01-26
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ine remains OF the late Joss ph XII!
Gore, one OF the oldest and most hon
cred citizens Of Newport, were oonsigue,
TO their last resting place In the N ewpor
ID. II. church cemetery On Tuesday .
1880 p. m. A large gathering of hi
late friends and neigh bors astestsd thei
love aud respect for his memory b,
following his remains TO the grave. tn,
funeral exercises were opened By ohoi
|of the Newport NJ. K church sinRin,
the hymn commep cling with, "Asleel
In Jesus, blessed slesp" Rev. H. Ban
derson led In touching and appropri
ate prayer. Rev. K II. Nelson, lat
pastor Of the deceased, and Rev. J. X
bry an, . former pastor, read appropri
ate selections Of scripture and mad,
oom mmendstory remarks on the life ans
character OF the deceased. BY the spe
ciai req neat Of the deceased on sevora
occAsions In his life, that his eldest son
the RAv. james j.. KilRors, d. d., pas
tor OF tho Hampton NJ. Z. CHURCH
woodbury., Md, should speak st hi,
funeral. DR. kilaoIe read the folio wips
sketch OF his deoessed parent:
Joseph kilRore was the eldett son oi
John and DrscillA kilaore. He WA
bern near the old MoKepnon, now
known ss Red Clay Greek Church, In
M,ll Greek Hundred, Delaware, April
28th, 1900 His father was Of the old
Covenanter ,tock, and coming to this
country fresh from the battle Aeld oi
conflicting creedB OF Armen ian and
Cilvinstic tene.s WAS IN unoompro
misiLE believer la the most ultra In
terpretatious OF Calvin's theology. His
mother, reared in tho faith of the
Protestant Episcopal church and q ..
tive OF tho fAyhsr's adopted country,
was enabled, while uaohanging the
faith OF the father, to infuse q com pro
m ise element In the home education OF
the son, and TO ALLOW o liberal indul-
Rence TO hear the gospel ~ preAchs I'D by
other ecclesissticans. Because OF this
the youth WAS brought into contac,
with tho Methodists OF that day, and
laid the foundation OF his faith and
prRctics. In his nineteenth year he
heard Young Hethocist preacher,
u tod tor bis profound piety. and at the
time Was travelling under the saint Ted
DIR. Chandler, Presiding Elder. Under
the sermon OF this young mAn. Rsv
James Lawson, he WAS powerfully
awakened, and being convinced of the
neoossity OF justification by faith, gave
his heart 70 Christ and oonsecratod his
lifo 70 the service OF the Master.
The nearest Methodist 6ociety being
q struggling band as Newport, Della
ware, he Immediately Identified him.
self with II, aud was received by the
Rev. Elam Pags, the preacher In charge
of old Oeoll Circuit, which at that tito 8
ON orAced all Of Cecil County, Mary
land, and New Castle County, Della
ware. as far north rs the city OF vii.
minatou. Tho heroism OF the young
man, aud his fidelity 70 Christ, ketho
disIn And his own con viciioIs. can in .
measure be recognised, when IL is re-
metabettd that only. men OF true cour-
ago dare bear the odiDn not only of the
world, bat that of other ecolesia stioisras.
70 DO Methodist WAS 70 DO cal.ed
'hlta and efsoourinys," and only tras
piety aud faith In God Ooald breast
ouch q popular ourrons. He was not
Only tue Christian. bs. q Methodist
of tho early type, aud he has gone down
70 1ib grave trua 70 his convictions, and
true 10 Mtthcdtsm ~ Interpreted By the
10 gloried Ia his scquaintancesh lp
With tLa Methodist preachers OF ths
,arly times. Chandler Lawrenson,
6nslinR, Lybrand, Cooper and White
we're hls idosls of what = Methodist
ought TO be; while Ryder,
Miller, Ayars, Gerry, MoConb., At
"o1d and Hum phries were mon hs
'pecially houorsd rs following iu the
'tsps OF devoted ministry.
Many OF tue ministers OF the ehuecI
isa their homes In his family when
aeY wtre probationers ia tho Philsdel.
u Ia Conference, among them being
hcMichael, Ruth, ID. l.. Patterson,
Aspril, I. Saowden Thomas and o, hers.
lis hume, until circumstances forbade, /
vas the homo of Methodist ministers. !
! Was because OF his early sduostion
ihd old Method!at training that he was
omeumts most severe In his criticisms
II Methodist preachers, not because he
oVel them lsss but because he loved
lis dear old church the more.
Va January 81, 1881. he was unit,d
n marriage TO Margaret Borlard by
tsv John Kennedy, psstor Of Aseury
d. Il. Church. Wilmington, Del, who
urvives him and has proven 10 DO .
ielp-m Get indeed. She, OF seooder Cal.
.anisiic parentage, by the sAme provi.
Ience was brought In contact with tne
hethodists, and a. IL care of sgs Was
onverted TO Christ aud fu: nishsd n
lttina mpsnion for q man of his azed
~ distiLotive religious faith,
he was honored by the Iurch and !
'iied several official positions, and for
more than sixty years was class leader /,
ND Continued in ofaoe until his dsash. :
10 was the last OF tho original trustees
i the old Peniei III. Il Church. (
dis descsnt to the sunsettiue of his !
arth-iife has been gradual. and he only :
ieo otsause OF the pressing weight OF
o Vancea fouf score aud seven years
10 was unconscious when he passed
way, but At intervals of cor soiousaess
would exnlalm: Victory IL on the
'ord's side." Bus no dying testimony
fau needed. His death tho fnis OF !
ne religious history he has made, and
'hen he passed away from earth,
'iehus ana homo he passed TO the pos.
ession OF the inheritance for which he
or sixty ssyen years had been engaged
4 pursuit. He IL not, for God has
Aken him, because before his transla.
.eased Cad.
ne wae man OF prayer. Three
es day found him In his closet
o'ning mmnnion with Him whose
o wac and whom be served He con-
scrated bis children to Christ AZ soon
tney were born. He believed In all
ae doctrines and ordinan ces of Meth.
dism. He was a man Of faith. He
eiieved aod, and 1t was not counted to
/ N for righteousness sake. /,
The last time l visited him before his
'st illness he remarked TO me In speak.
is OF the oslvatloD OF his children,
at he was just rs confident that eli :
ls children would be saved az though
3 saw them IN Heaven. He was
,iigious, cousiderste and eonscien,iouai
b hrlstian. ~ husband and father of ]
lol!zing affections aud au upright eitl- .
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